the key

French translation: mécanique

12:10 Feb 4, 2021
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Music
English term or phrase: the key
technical term for a guitar's feature
Souhel Salloub
France
Local time: 07:00
French translation:mécanique
Explanation:
Effectivement cela dépend du contexte : tonalité ou clé si l'on parle du morceau joué, mais s'il s'agit de "l'anatomie" de la guitare, ce sont peut-être les mécaniques (tuning keys).
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Valentine Elleau
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Local time: 07:00
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3 +1le ton /la tonalité
Gregory Marneffe
3 +1mécanique
Valentine Elleau


  

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le ton /la tonalité


Explanation:
Bonjour,

Cela dépend du contexte. En musique, la signification première de "key" est ton ou tonalité. Cependant, si l'on précise "key of F"/"key of G", on traduira plutôt par clé de fa ou clé de sol.

Cordialement,

Gregory

Gregory Marneffe
Luxembourg
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agree  claude-andrew
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mécanique


Explanation:
Effectivement cela dépend du contexte : tonalité ou clé si l'on parle du morceau joué, mais s'il s'agit de "l'anatomie" de la guitare, ce sont peut-être les mécaniques (tuning keys).


    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitare#T%C3%AAte
Valentine Elleau
France
Local time: 07:00
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yann Perrin
2 hrs

neutral  claude-andrew: These are normally called "pegs", not keys
6 hrs
  -> they are:)
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